diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_bind.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_bind.c
index c572fb5886d5d6..cae9a975cbcca8 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_bind.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_bind.c
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ static bool is_likely_hdmi_codec(struct hda_codec *codec)
 {
 	hda_nid_t nid;
 
+	/*
+	 * For ASoC users, if snd_hda_hdmi_codec module is denylisted and any
+	 * event causes i915 enumeration to fail, ->wcaps remains uninitialized.
+	 */
+	if (!codec->wcaps)
+		return true;
+
 	for_each_hda_codec_node(nid, codec) {
 		unsigned int wcaps = get_wcaps(codec, nid);
 		switch (get_wcaps_type(wcaps)) {